After his two goals against the Three Lions, the Uruguayan claimed they were revenge for people questioning his attitude and he was again unrepentant when asked to explain.

He said: "Everybody knows that I was elected the best player of the year. I guess this is very obvious and even the people in the Premier League voted for me and then, if the papers vote for me as well, that is sensational.

"But what happened before the match - I did not want to attack anybody, only some media started making fun of me and you are in the media. You are in the media, you should know what happened and why they did that to me."

Tuesday's Liverpool stories from other newspapers and websites

Marcelo wanted at Anfield

The Daily Star reports Liverpool are eyeing up a move for Real Madrid left-back Marcelo - although they will face competition from Tottenham.